Huacachina: Peru’s Desert Oasis

Huacachina: Peru’s Desert Oasis

In the desert of southwestern Peru you will find the village of Huacachina,
a tiny oasis with a modest population of a hundred or so permanent
residents. The seemingly secluded village is in fact, a scant 8km from
the city of Ica, the region’s capital (and a decent size with a
population of approximately 220,000).Built around a small lagoon, Huacachina is a popular tourist
destination featuring activities like sandboarding and dune buggy rides
on the surrounding sand dunes that can stretch several hundred feet
high. Like most deserts, the temperature is typically hot, sunny and dry
with very little rain. May to August seems to be ‘high season’ for
Huacachina (which is Winter time for the region). You can find plenty of
travel information at Huacachina.com.Above Photograph by Ingo Mehling